From 074ac263beb075e5a9ea6ffc3604c2bf726650a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: okuji Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 11:15:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc fixes --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ README | 2 +- docs/menu.lst | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 296ac3167..00279e2af 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +1999-04-25 OKUJI Yoshinori + + * docs/menu.lst: Rewritten, so that it contains up-to-date + information and FAQish configuration examples. + 1999-04-09 OKUJI Yoshinori * shared_src/asm.S (get_diskinfo_floppy): Correct the number of heads diff --git a/README b/README index d985580b6..1143435d9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ personal computer BIOSes: - can boot Multiboot-compliant kernels (such as GNU Mach), as well as standard Linux and BSD kernels -See the file docs/NEWS for a description of recent changes to GRUB. +See the file NEWS for a description of recent changes to GRUB. See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install the GRUB data and program files. See `docs/install.html' for details diff --git a/docs/menu.lst b/docs/menu.lst index c78821a31..8fe307681 100644 --- a/docs/menu.lst +++ b/docs/menu.lst @@ -2,8 +2,21 @@ # Sample boot menu configuration file # -# Timeout here... -timeout = 30 +# Boot automatically after 30 secs. +timeout= 30 + +# By default, boot the first entry. +default= 0 + +# For booting the GNU HURD +title= GNU/HURD +root= (hd0,0) +kernel= /boot/gnumach root=hd0s1 +module= /boot/serverboot + +# For booting Linux +title= GNU/Linux +kernel= (hd1,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 # For booting Mach (getting kernel from floppy) title= Utah Mach4 multiboot @@ -17,12 +30,6 @@ title= FreeBSD 2.2-SNAP root= (hd0,2) kernel= (fd0)/kernel -# For booting the GNU HURD (getting kernel from floppy) -title= GNU HURD -root= (hd0,a) -kernel= /boot/kernel root=hd0a -module= /boot/serverboot - # For booting OS/2 (test, I have no OS/2 to test for!) title= OS/2 root= (hd0,1) @@ -30,15 +37,13 @@ makeactive chainloader= /boot/chain.os2 # This is similar to "chainload", but loads a specific file -# For booting Windows NT 3.5 or DOS -title= Windows NT 3.5/DOS boot menu +# For booting Windows NT 3.5 or Windows95 +title= Windows NT 3.5/Windows 95 boot menu root= (0x80,0) makeactive chainloader= +1 -# For booting DOS from a Windows NT/DOS installation -title= DOS -root= (0x80,0) -makeactive -chainloader= /bootsect.dos - +# For installing GRUB into the hard disk +title= Install GRUB into the hard disk +root= (hd0,0) +install= /boot/grub/stage1 d (hd0) /boot/grub/stage2 0x8000 p